Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Anderson, Joy Laqueta April 9, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 14, 2004
     Joy Laqueta Anderson, 72, a resident of Vancouver formerly of The Dalles, 
died at a Vancouver hospital Friday, April 9, 2004. 
     She was born Aug. 20, 1931, in Stockdale, Texas, the older of two 
daughters to Dennis and Nina (Akin) Griffin. She was raised in San Antonio, 
Texas, where she graduated from high school. 
     She married William “Bill” Willard Anderson on April 10, 1948, in 
Raymondville, Texas. He was a railroad worker, working for several railroad 
companies before starting with the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railroad 
Company in the early 1950’s in Spokane. He transferred to Wishram in 1954 
where they lived until 1970. They then moved to Newark, Del., where she worked 
as a pharmaceutical quality control technician at Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals 
for 25 years retiring in 1996. After the death of her husband, she moved to 
The Dalles to be near family. In 2000, she moved with her family to Vancouver, 
Wash., and lived with her son, Don’s family.
     She enjoyed her family, being a homemaker, reading, gardening and 
southern cooking. She had been a volunteer at the Mid Columbia Medical Center 
and at the Glenwood Place Senior Assisted Living, in the gift shop. 
     She is survived by her daughter, Shari and her husband, John Hedrick, 
Elkton, Md.; her son, Don and his wife, Cindy Anderson, Vancouver, Wash.; 
seven grandchildren, Justin, Lindy, Donovan, Johnny, Jordan, Casey and 
Danielle. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill on Dec. 7, 1997; her 
son, Lynn, who was killed in combat action in Viet Nam on March 3, 1969 and 
her sister, Irlene, in 1976.
     Memorial services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 11 a.m. with Rev. James Hazlett officiating.
     Memorials may be made to Celilo Center, 1800 East 19th St., The Dalles, 
OR 97058.


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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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